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The FAA Grounded all West Coast flights Monday afternoon For 7 minutes. All West Coast flights were grounded because North Korea was doing missile testing and fired a ballistic missile into the sea of Japan. No reports about any targets being hit. Click Here To More. Source: Daily Mail

While we have seen how difficult it has been to track down an at-home COVID test, private insurance companies are stepping in. Starting Saturday, private health insurers will be required to cover up to eight home COVID-19 tests per month for people on their plans. This news comes from when yesterday the Biden administration announced […]

Are you interested in getting a COVID-19 vaccine for yourself and/or your child? Look no further than our own backyard! The Rochester City School District is continuing to host COVID vaccination clinics for students and families in the district. In addition to the vaccine, Monroe County has provided an incentive to get vaccinated. Ages 5-11 […]

Pfizer CEO  Said the company is working on an Omicron vaccine and should be ready to go by March. Pfizer also said the new Omicron vaccine will also be more effective against other variants. The CDC says the Omicron variant isn’t as severe as other COVID-19 variants. Click Here To Read More. Source: CNBC

The RCSD is offer gift cards to the first 250 kids vaccinated will receive $100 in gift cards in two increments. Three new vaccination sites will open starting on January 18 and the first 250 kids to get vaccinated at these locations will receive gift cards. $50 will be given for the first dose, and […]

Over this past weekend, the New York State Department of Health reported another one-day record for COVID-19 cases. On Saturday, they reported 90,132 new cases, and currently, the state’s 7-day positivity rate is 22.15%. As of Saturday, 11,843 people are in the hospital with the virus- an increase of 295, 483 of those patients are […]

After a temporary halt in November, New Yorkers now have the opportunity again to apply for pandemic rental aid and temporary protection from eviction under a state court order issued. In order to start this backup, Governor Hochul asked the federal government for as much as $1 billion in extra rental aid, but, the U.S. […]

While schools in Monroe County fight to stay open during the surge of COVID-19, there’s new concern over the quality of masks teachers have received. The masks that are in question are KN95s, which according to the data, are the most effective in fighting the spread of the omicron variant. Monroe County received and distributed […]

During a press conference yesterday morning, Governor Kathy Hochul announced changes to the rules for visitors at nursing homes. When visitors enter a nursing home, all visitors must wear a surgical mask when visiting a home, and not a cloth one. In addition to the surgical mask rule, visitors must show proof of a negative […]

After only recently mandating the COVID-19 vaccine for health care workers, New York State Governor Kathy Hochul will soon be requiring a new booster mandate. Yesterday in a press conference, Governor Hochul stated that health care workers will be given two weeks to get the shot after they are eligible and only medical exemptions will […]


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